Carolina QuotesEverything you make is being made by every single experience you've ever had in your whole life, and on top of that, things you were born with. I think your personality comes out. There's no way of really saying: "If A, then B, or A plus B equals C in creativity." The true strength of the creative arts is that you allow yourself to think about something. Then how it finds its way in your mind to the surface through your hands to-- whether it's paint or sculpture-- is intuited. I think there's reason to it. But could you extrapolate? Could you actually formulate a mathematical theorem? Absolutely not.
Maya Lin Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"Public Affairs Television "Becoming American" Interview with Maya Lin (Part 1) in PBS (2003)
- form
- interview
- year
- 2003
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“Everything you make is being made by every single experience…” Maya Lin. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-C972A8AC2F. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/c972a8ac2f
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